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Stephen Leacock Quotes

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something Picture Quote #1

It’s called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy Picture Quote #1

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions Picture Quote #1

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it Picture Quote #1

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required Picture Quote #1

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour Picture Quote #1

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Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl Picture Quote #1

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing Picture Quote #1

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn’t use, I would hire a professor and get some text books Picture Quote #1

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it Picture Quote #1

In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations of primitive literature, giants, miracles, wonders! It’s the size that counts. They did it with lies and we do it with statistics: but it’s all the same Picture Quote #1

Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it Picture Quote #1

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Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But the people who do go to a lecture and who get tired of it, presently hold it as a sort of grudge against the lecturer personally. In reality his sufferings are worse than theirs Picture Quote #1

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don’t go to lectures at all Picture Quote #1

Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but to touch upon his sense of humour is to give him mortal affront Picture Quote #1

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad Picture Quote #1

The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes Picture Quote #1

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better Picture Quote #1

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The tears of childhood fall fast and easily, and evil be to him who makes them flow Picture Quote #1

You cannot depict love inside a frame of fact. It needs a mist to dissolve in Picture Quote #1

Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects Picture Quote #1

The road comes to an end just when it ought to be getting somewhere. The passengers alight, shaken and weary, to begin, all over again, something else Picture Quote #1

Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be Picture Quote #1

About the only good thing you can say about old age is, it’s better than being dead! Picture Quote #1

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All our yesterdays, it is true, have only lighted fools the way to dusty death. But we need at least the dates of the yesterdays and the list of the fools Picture Quote #1

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it Picture Quote #1

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. Not that he’s cruel. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. It’s not big enough Picture Quote #1

When actors begin to think, it’s time for a change. They are not fitted for it Picture Quote #1

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A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something (Stephen Leacock Quotes) It’s called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy (Stephen Leacock Quotes) He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions (Stephen Leacock Quotes) If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it (Stephen Leacock Quotes) It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl (Stephen Leacock Quotes) On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing (Stephen Leacock Quotes) If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn’t use, I would hire a professor and get some text books (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it (Stephen Leacock Quotes) In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations of primitive literature, giants, miracles, wonders! It’s the size that counts. They did it with lies and we do it with statistics: but it’s all the same (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But the people who do go to a lecture and who get tired of it, presently hold it as a sort of grudge against the lecturer personally. In reality his sufferings are worse than theirs (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don’t go to lectures at all (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but to touch upon his sense of humour is to give him mortal affront (Stephen Leacock Quotes) The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad (Stephen Leacock Quotes) The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes (Stephen Leacock Quotes) A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better (Stephen Leacock Quotes) The tears of childhood fall fast and easily, and evil be to him who makes them flow (Stephen Leacock Quotes) You cannot depict love inside a frame of fact. It needs a mist to dissolve in (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects (Stephen Leacock Quotes) The road comes to an end just when it ought to be getting somewhere. The passengers alight, shaken and weary, to begin, all over again, something else (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be (Stephen Leacock Quotes) About the only good thing you can say about old age is, it’s better than being dead! (Stephen Leacock Quotes) All our yesterdays, it is true, have only lighted fools the way to dusty death. But we need at least the dates of the yesterdays and the list of the fools (Stephen Leacock Quotes) Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it (Stephen Leacock Quotes) A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something. Not that he’s cruel. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. It’s not big enough (Stephen Leacock Quotes) When actors begin to think, it’s time for a change. They are not fitted for it (Stephen Leacock Quotes)

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